Show THE SLEEP OF ARCTIC PLANTS PLA TS M w the naturalist natural idt of kellette Kel letts arctic expedition states a curious fact respecting the condition of the vegetable world during the lo 10 long i ng day of 0 the arctic summer although the sun nevor never sets while it lasts plants make no mistake about the time when if f it be not flight glit it ought tobe iobe but regularly as the evening hours hourat approach and when a midnight sun is several degrees above the horizon droop their leaves and sleep even eve in as they the Y do at al sunset in more favored climes if man observes M MS seeman eeman should ever reach the bole pole and be undecided which way to turn when his compass has become sluggish alt agish his bis timepiece out of order the plants which he may happen to meet will show hini the way their sleeping le leaves av awill will tell him that midnight is at hand and thai aithan time the sun is standing in the north |